Cotone Castle

The fortified settlementwas builtin medieval timesattwoexistingreligious buildings,a churchand a church,and wascontrolled by theMaggifamily,also known ascottonLords,noblesin that eraclashedto theDominion of the Aldobrandeschi.

Around the middleof the fourteenth centurytheMaggisubduedthecastle in Siena, together with thatof Montepò, whichat that timewasheld by them;someyears laterthe place wascontested bythe families of the TolomeiandSalimbeni,beforeSienatalkingretookcontrol.

Thecotton castlelooks like aform ofsettlementruins, surroundedby the remains ofanunusuallyshapedtriangularwalls;the large sizeof the areaare similar to thoseof the mainvillages in theprovince of Grosseto.

At theeastern side of thetriangularwallsare visiblearchitecturalelementsthat are,arguably,the remainsof the ancient Church.

On the Western sideof the wall,a doorleads into theSummitsquare,wheretheremainsofwallsandthose of someother religious buildingcivic buildings,includingof coursethePalace of the rulers.